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“All sides have agreed to it,” spokesman Steffen Seibert said.
Previously, officials announced a high-profile phone conversation would take place Sunday among Russian President Vladimir Putin, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollan…

But no one got all the six life-changing numbers: 5, 10, 21, 34, 58 and the Powerball, 33. The next drawing will be held Wednesday, and the estimated jackpot now shoots up to $450 million.
The jackpot is among the largest ever and inching closer to the biggest in Powerball history: $590.5 million w…

The source said the terrorists want to go into countries such as Lebanon and Jordan and bring hostages back to Syria, where they could be used in ISIS propaganda videos, according to intelligence gathered on the planning.
After producing at least seven highly publicized clips in which hostages were …

But that didn’t stop little Avery Ford from coming into the world at a whopping 14.1 pounds.
“When I felt his head come out, I knew he was bigger than 10 pounds,” Maxxzandra Ford told CNN affiliate WFTS. “I was cussing up a storm.”
Avery has set the record for the heaviest baby ever born at St. J…

The 70-year-old Glitter, whose real name is Paul Gadd, was convicted Thursday of one count of attempted rape of a girl under the age of 13, one count of having sex with a girl under the age of 13, and four counts of indecent assault against girls, two aged under 13 and two aged under 16.
The six of…

That’s the rationale he used in an interview with CNN, in response to outrage from the Texas delegation over his comments this week that Texas is “a crazy state.”
“I love Texans, but I do not like their policy makers who are in the majority,” he said. “The simple fact of the matter is, evidently, I …

Sajida al-Rishawi was sentenced to death for that attempt, and Jordan executed her early Wednesday.
ISIS had demanded her release, threatening to kill two hostages if Jordan didn’t comply. ISIS carried out those killings, and Jordan carried out al-Rishawi’s exectution.
But just who was she? And wha…

Thirteen people are confirmed dead and dozens remain missing after the TransAsia Airways ATR-72, carrying 58 people, veered out of control en route from Taipei to Kinmen, off the coast of the Chinese province of Xiamen.
Rescuers were working Wednesday to pull survivors from the submerged wreck of t…

Take California, for example, where more than 90 people have already been infected with measles this year. As in many states, parents in California don’t have to vaccinate their children before kindergarten if they claim a religious or philosophical exemption.
Then there’s Mississippi, which allows…

You can see it in the aftermath: Canceled classes, grounded flights and massive piles of snow along roadways.
And we’re only in early February.
The Boston area has gotten the worst of it.
Bean Town set a new record for snowiest seven-day period in the city’s history with 40.2 inches, the National W…